The XboxEra Podcast | LIVE | Episode 181 - “It’s done!“ feat/ Rand Al Thor 19 & Tom Warren
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Sik, Nick, and Jesse discuss the latest in news, like Microsoft spending a cool 70 billion as they finalize the acquisition of ABK. Tom Warren will join the show at some point to give his expert opinions on the whole affair. The Man With A Million, Rand Al Thor 19, jumps in for a bit too!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Going live
00:01:52 - Intro
00:03:21 - Hi everyone!
00:07:20 - We really wish we could do this full time. Help us achieve that!
00:09:30 - Jesse finished the Mega Bloks Xbox 360
00:11:35 - Superchats
00:12:08 - What have we been playing? Modern Warfare III Open Beta
00:16:44 - Rand superchat
00:18:38 - Jon has been playing Hot Wheels 2
00:19:50 - Superchat from Arsal
00:20:30 - Jon made a pirate themed Halo map
00:21:35 - Jon interviewed two of the Cocoon devs
00:24:00 - Jon and Jesse have been playing Forza Motorsport
00:27:12 - Cocoon
00:28:25 - Lords of the Fallen
00:31:50 - talk about a bunch of nothing for like, 10 minutes lol
00:40:45 - Make sure to drink some CTRL!
00:41:11 - Rand joins the show!
00:42:28 - So I guess we start talking about ABK. It’s finally over!
00:55:30 - Both Nick and Rand have heard Xbox wants to bring back Tony Hawk
00:55:55 - Would they actually bring back Guitar Hero?
00:59:50 - We discuss some salt
01:02:03 - Is Sega next?
01:04:11 - Superchats
01:06:10 - We try and get in the weeds over how the Ubisoft streaming deal will play out
01:15:25 - So much can change in 10 years...
01:19:15 - Forza Superchat
01:23:33 - Tom Warren has joined the show!
01:25:57 - Here’s Frank!
01:26:42 - Bye Rand!
01:27:30 - We get Tom’s perspective on covering ABK
01:32:45 - Superchat about our cameras
01:35:05 - ABK superchats
01:42:05 - Hopefully we get the final BC batch soon
01:46:00 - The PS5 got smaller, more expensive and uglier!
01:49:55 - What about the Series X Slim and Xbox hardware in general
01:55:15 - Acquisition superchat
01:59:40 - Tangent about AI voice use in movies
02:01:26 - Halo Infinite Season 5
02:08:55 - Rapid fire smaller news tidbits
02:11:26 - John Riccitello steps down from Unity
02:15:55 - Tom asks us about Switch 2, which leads us to....
02:16:33 - Rumourmill: Nintendo might be planning a Switch model with and without BC
02:33:31 - Name A Game
02:53:21 - Patron Shout
02:54:10 - Community Question #1: Hue - What old IPs should they revisit with ABK first?
02:57:50 - Community Question #2: TornRaptor - Nick, don’t stress about Patrons leaving
02:59:25 - Community Question #3: Voodoopeople - Nick, don’t stress about Patrons leaving
03:01:22 - Community Question #4: Poderick Payne - Horror movies and I’ve got time to play more games
03:03:15 - Community Question #5: Hytham G - Hopefully Sega is next and could the FTC still cause issues?
03:06:57 - Community Question #6: RuGrabu - I want Starcraft to come back
03:09:34 - Community Question #7: nrXic - Thesis on how XboxEra is the best
03:13:30 - Community Question #8: DeoGame - What burger chain shoud Phil and Satya attend to celebrate?
03:17:42 - Community Question #9: SelfishxBurrito - What’s next for integrating ABK?
03:19:06 - Community Question #10: 99ruken - Should Xbox make an Xbox IP Skylanders?
03:21:04 - Community Question #11: Good Old Collingwood - Roman Empire games
03:24:12 - Community Question #12: Vinnie13 - Will Hearthstone come to console?
03:25:40 - Community Question #13: Omen - Will ABK cause a shift in the power dynamic within XGS?
03:27:05 - One final Superchat
03:28:05 - Wrapping up
03:31:20 - Ciao for now!
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